Disclaimer: Not only do I not own anything you recognize as anyone
else's, but I also don't own most of this chapter. My sister, Lady
Potter, wrote most of this chapter and gave me the ideas on the part at the
beginning that I wrote. She's the one who owns Cati. Go read her Cati-
tastic stories! Lady Potter is her pen name. And one day she'll finish
the third story in her series! The timing isn't the same, but Cadance
appears in the sequel and the sequel to the sequel.
A/N: I love my sister, Lady Potter! She's Polkarific! I love it! She wrote almost all of this chapter and inspired/gave me the idea for the rest.
And now, without further ado, My sister and I would like to present to you what we have fondly called for many many months now "The Wedding Scene".
Mr. Weasley was right. Three days later, Cadance and Charlie were in Cadance's classroom talking about "the big day" when Cati showed up escorted by two Aurors. She was wearing mouse ears on her head and she had a plastic wand with a star on the top of it in her hand. She was wearing a shirt that said "I Believe in Pixies" on it with a little blonde person in a green dress-thing and wings, which was apparently the Muggle idea of a pixie.
"Let me go! I want to go back!" exclaimed Cati smacking one on the head with the wand. It began lighting up. "Muggle magic! I love it!" Cati did not understand the power of a battery.
"Commander Nuperson!" exclaimed the one who got hit. "Really, we're only following orders!"
"I didn't want to leave!" exclaimed Cati.
"You two are dismissed," said Cadance to the two Aurors. "I'll take it from here." They saluted her and Cati and then turned to leave when one turned back.
"Congratulations on your engagement, Commander Dumbledore," he said.
"Thank you," said Cadance. "And you can drop this 'Commander'business. I'm not a full time Auror any more and a good number of my students don't even call me 'Professor'."
"Yes, ma'am," he said saluting again and following his companion out the door.
"Cadance! I brought souvenirs!" exclaimed Cati. "Listen, if we wait a little bit I bet you we can sneak out and go back to this paradise that I just came from."
"But I thought you had to protect the castle," said Charlie.
"Let the castle protect itself!" exclaimed Cati. "I wanna go back to Disney World!"
"Disney World?" asked Cadance.
"Yes! It is the greatest place on earth!" exclaimed Cati. "It's this theme park for all those old movies. You know, the cartoons? The Disney movies! Well they have their own theme park! And it's amazing! There's Magic Kingdom and it has a big castle and Disney Characters running around! Now I must admit that first I was a little overwhelmed by it all and I tried to pull the head off of Cruella DeVil before I realized that she wasn't wearing a mask! And then there was MGM studios and they had an elevator and it FELL! It was excellent! And then there was Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach and Epcot and a whole bunch of other parks! But the best by far was Magic Kingdom!"
"Uhhhh, okay," said Cadance.
"Here," said Cati reaching into her bag. She pulled out Mickey Mouse Ears for Cadance and Charlie and put them on their heads. "Ohhh! And I got pictures! I had them developed before Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum had to rain on my parade. Literally. I was at the Main Street Electrical Parade when they came. Anywho, they're regular muggle photos but they're excellent none-the-less." She pulled them out of her purse. "Look! There's me with Alice from Alice in Wonderland! And there's me with Mickey and Minnie. See my ears? Oh look! And there's me with Donald Duck! There's me on the teacups with Goofy! Oh, and here's me and Cinderella and the Fairy God Mother! Ha, I love that 'Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo' song."
Cadance glanced over a Charlie for a minute while Cati went on and on about someone named Snow White and another person named Winnie the Pooh.
"I'm beginning to wonder if it was better when she was perched atop her gargoyle and pretending to be a secret service agent," said Cadance as Cati then began pulling out souvenirs from her bottomless bag.
"They didn't have bags big enough for me to bring it all back so I had to cast a spell on the bag to make it bottomless."
At this moment she was pulling out an overly large stuffed bear in a red sweater that said "POOH" across the front.
"The man at the counter when I bought it was a little freaked out when I put this in the bag and it fit perfectly. I think he thought I might have been insane. OHHHHH AND LOOKY WHAT ELSE I BOUGHT FOR ME!!!"
She leaned in to her bottomless bag and pulled out a shiny object, hilt first, then came the scabbard.
"I bought Prince Charming's sword! They had it for sale at the Magic Kingdom. Cinderella's castle isn't as big as ours though, I tried to protect it but the park security people didn't like it very much. And in Epcot, their mindset of London looks nothing like our London. Americans, what dreamers!!"
Catalin laughed and bounced out of the room to distribute her gifts. "Mental note to self," said Cadance out loud. "Shoot Minister of Magic if he ever sends Catalin to Disney World again."
"Mental note to Cadance," said Charlie. "You're threatening to kill your father-in-law."
Cadance laughed and looked at Charlie who was grinning.
With in a couple of weeks Cati was her normal self again, well, almost. She still tried to be Indiana Jones, but only she tried to be Indiana Jones from the MGM performance of Indiana Jones. Exams were trying on everyone. Everyone, that is except for Cati.
"Cate, if I hear one more thing about Disney World, Indiana Jones, or Cinderella...I will strangle you," said Bill one blazing hot afternoon.
"You choose to sit out here," said Cati donning a flashy pair of sunglasses. "So quit your griping."
Exams finished and students went home. Cati had stopped talking about Disney and was working on a paper for a rank promotion with Cadance.
Charlie came and rescued Cadance one summer evening in very late June.
"Care to take a walk with me?"
"Love to," said Cadance standing up and stretching her legs.
The pair walked outside onto the grounds and soaked up the cooler night air. The sky was clear and the moon was full and bright.
"Beautiful night," said Cadance.
"Just like you."
Cadance smiled at him and settled down in a soft patch of grass under a Weeping Willow, whose branches skimmed the top of seamless black lake. Charlie settled in next to her and put his arm around her. "Less than two months," he said.
"I know, and I haven't a thing to wear yet," said Cadance.
"I'm sure you'll come through, and if not you..."
"Cati will," they said together.
"I'm sure you'll think of something," said Charlie, and kissed her softly.
~~****************~~
Cadance sat at her desk perusing through a bridal catalogue. A small knock came from the door and Cadance looked up to see Cati standing at the door.
"Do you wanna help?" asked Cadance looking back down at the magazine.
"Depends," said Cati shrugging.
Cadance looked up and raised her eyebrows. "Depends on what?"
"I get to pick the bride's maid's dresses," replied Cati casually, examining her nails.
"Fine, now sit your rear in the chair."
Cati grinned broadly at her and took a seat. Charlie waltzed in about an hour later. Cadance slammed the magazine shut and leaned over to Cati and whispered, "Get rid of him."
Catalin shot a look at Cadance and walked over to Charlie.
"Hey Cati, what's happenin'?" asked Charlie.
Catalin put her arm around Charlie and walked him out into the hall.
"Wedding stuff," said Catalin before walking back in the room and locking the door with a locking charm.
"You almost ready to go?" asked Catalin looking at Cadance.
"Yes, now c'mon before Charlie decides to follow," said Cadance.
"But he's right outside the door! How are we getting out with out him knowing?" asked Cati.
"Who said anything about a door? I mean seriously, they're so overrated," said Cadance nonchalantly as she flung open the window.
"No," said Cati flatly.
"Yes."
"When will you learn that jumping out windows isn't logical?" asked Catalin.
"Cate, you know, I think you're the reincarnate of Albert Einstein. But we are talking about me so the answer to your irrelevant question would have to be... never," said Cadance and jumped out the window.
Catalin shook her head and looked at the ceiling before jumping after Cadance.
After using a drying charm the pair walked to the wedding shop in Hogsmeade. The sales witch was all too eager to help.
They tried on dress after dress after dress. They were on the 20th gown when Cadance finally said, "Stop."
The gown was informal with no train, an empire waistline with Victorian sheer sleeves. Even though the wedding was to be in August the sleeves were a very fine netting and would provide a breeze. A series of embroidery worked its way up the gown and shimmered in the light. The veil was cathedral length and also seemed to sparkle.
"I'll take this one. Cate, I trust you've chosen the bride's maid gowns."
"Yes, Empire waist, square neck, Upper velvet, skirt silk, tank-strap. Baby blue and pale yellow."
"Splendid. Do I have to take it off?" asked Cadance staring at herself in the mirror.
"Yes," said Cati flatly.
When they arrived back at the castle Cati went back to her post and Cadance took the gowns upstairs. Fortunately Charlie was no where in sight so she ducked into her room and hid the gowns.
Cadence went to find Jen to see what she was up to. Jen was sitting in the common room talking to George.
"Hate to break up the chat but I need to steal Jen for a minute," said Cadance.
Jen got up and looked at Cadance.
"C'mon, I got the dress. And I need to make sure yours fits."
Jen looked over her shoulder at George and waved before leaving with Cadance.
After about four hours of not seeing Charlie, Cadance began to wonder where exactly he had gone. However, it was time for dinner so she decided to find him after dinner if he wasn't at dinner. She took her seat at the staff table and waited for food. It appeared as usual and halfway through dinner Charlie appeared.
"Where have you been?" asked Cadance when he sat down.
"I had a nice long chat with Harry and then I took a nap."
Cadance just looked at him before going back to eating.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~Wedding Rehearsal August 20th~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Cadance stood in the Great Hall pairing up bride's maids and Groomsmen.
"Alright," said Cadance clapping her hands. "When I call your name come up here and stand with the other person whose name I call."
"Catalin Nuperson, Bill Weasley. Arabella Figg, Remus Lupin. Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black."
"Cadance Dumbledore," said Minerva in a warning voice. "I should give you permanent detention for this."
"Aw, c'mon Professor, you don't like me anymore?" whined Sirius.
It looked as if Minerva thought about hitting Sirius then thought better of it and just turned back to Cadance.
"Jen Dumbledore, George Weasley. Katie Bell, Fred Weasley. Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley. Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger."
Cadance lined them up in the order that she called them.
"Now, what I want you to do is walk straight out of the hall in your order. So that way when you get to the outside of the doors you're with your escort and in the proper order. Do it right the first time and we don't have to do it again. Now Cati, you're first going back and last coming out, does that make sense?"
"About as much sense as you can make Cadance," said Cati, as she and Bill walked out of the Great Hall followed by the rest of the party.
Cadance came dashing back and got behind Cati and Bill.
"Ok, we're going to this once, and only once GOT IT! OK! LETS GO!"
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rehearsal Dinner August 20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Cadance and Charlie sat at the center of one of the house tables laughing and joking with the rest of the crew. Jen got up at one point and excused herself to the bathroom. But minutes later, Jen reappeared in the Great Hall dripping wet.
"Jen, did you fall in?" asked Cati jokingly.
"No," growled Jen. "Cadance, there's a water demon in the bathroom and he made it very clear to me that you missed an appointment."
"Oh poo, I forgot about Rex. Alright, this should take not but a second," said Cadance. She got up and walked into the bathroom. Everyone blinked once and Cadance came flying back out through the bathroom door.
"OHHHHH PLAYING DIRTY ARE WE?! NOW I'M ANGRY!" yelled Cadance.
"CADANCE! IT'S A WATER DEMON! IT CAN'T PLAY DIRTY! IT WOULD CLEAN ITSELF!" yelled Cati and sniggered.
Cadance reappeared about five minutes later dusting her hands off.
"Didn't even work up a sweat."
"Well, you couldn't have, the demon was refreshingly cool." said Cati laughing again.
"Watch it Cati," said Cadance sitting back down.
Once the pre-wedding fun was over everyone retired to bed.
~~~* Wedding Day, August 21, 9:00am- T-minus 4hrs to wedding~~~*
"Jen, where is your sister? She's due in for her hair appointment," said Cati standing behind Jen curling her hair.
"I have no idea. As soon as you finish I will go and look for her. By the time I find her you should be done with your hair, considering that your hair is extremely short."
"Alright, but you'd better find her because if you don't and I do I will make sure she is bald for her wedding."
"Oh aren't we evil?" laughed Jen.
"There you are Jen, beautiful sleek curls if I do say so myself. Now, I'm going to fix my hair and put the combs in. I'll put yours in when you get back. Find Cadance. Even if you have to drag her in here only half ready."
"Aye Aye!"
Jen clicked out of the room in her yellow dress. Cati picked up the three inched-barrel curling iron and began on her hair.
"If I was a Cadance where would I be?" asked Jen as she walked down the bright corridors. "Her room," said Jen as she heard loud screams of frustration coming from the floor above her.
When Jen walked in Cadance's room you would have sworn that a hurricane had come through. And behold there was Cadance standing in her slip pulling out clothes from the drawers.
"Cadance Rose Dumbledore soon to be Weasley, what in Merlin's name are you doing?!" yelled Jen. "Cati is gonna skin you alive if you don't get downstairs now."
"I need to find something Old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!! I have something old, my shoes, they were mama's. I have something new, my dress. I have something borrowed, these are Arabella's gloves. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BLUE!!"
"Find blue later, if you want hair for your wedding, I would suggest that you go downstairs," said Jen.
Cadance kicked the dresser for good measure before going downstairs to Cati's room.
Cati was putting the combs into her hair when they walked in.
"Looks beautiful Cati," said Jen.
"Thanks."
Cati's hair was rolled under at the bottom on the left side and slicked back on the right and held back by a beautiful comb with blue and yellow flowers and baby's breath on the side.
"Miss Cadance, get your bum in this chair right this instant. What took you so long? You were supposed to be down here a half hour ago!" yelled Cati.
"I was looking for something blue!! I still can't find anything that's blue!"
"CADANCE! YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE WEDDING IS BLUE!" yelled Cati.
"By Jove, it is isn't it?" asked Cadance amazedly.
Cati put her head down on top of Cadance's head.
"God help Charlie's soul," said Cati as she pulled out the curling iron, brush, hair spray, and blow dryer.
"You know, this is much easier to do with magic?" said Cadance as Cati began combing out her long strawberry blonde hair.
"Yeah, but the charm only lasts so long. The muggle way lasts longer and doesn't look so fake. And besides, it's fun and it keeps your mind off of what's going to be happening in three and a half hours."
Cati got to work on Cadance's hair. She first brushed the hair out until it was sleek and smooth. She then gathered the hair just above the ears and swept it back and pinned it with a bobby pin. Then she singled out a few larger sections of hair below the crown of the head and curled them into corkscrew curls. Cati curled the bottom of the hair outward and sprayed it with a ton of hairspray. Catalin picked up the veil piece off of the dresser in front of her. It was a lot easier to put the piece in when the veil was not attached. The piece was simple yet elegant. It was pinned to the sides of her head and did not show in front. The circular sun-shaped ornament rested directly on the back crown of her head. From there a double strand set of pearl chains connected to the side of her head where it was pinned. The veil attached to two tiny eyehooks on the circular shaped ornament.
"There, now you may go," said Catalin looking over at the clock. "You have a little over an hour to finish you make-up and get your dress on. I need to finish Ginny's hair, if you'll send her in Jen, and make sure I get my dress on and that the flowers have been distributed."
"Maids of honor have important jobs, my dear Cati. You command so well, that's why I made you the maid of honor," said Cadance leaving the room.
"Hey Ginny, have a seat in my chair and we'll get started on your hair." said Cati.
It was ten minutes until the wedding started and Cati was running around trying to pass out bouquets.
"Here, Cati, let me pass them out, you put your gloves on." said Jen taking a few bouquets from Cati and began passing them out.
Cati slipped on her elbow length baby blue gloves and then took her yellow bouquet from Jen. The bouquets were the alternate color of the dress.
"WHERE IS MY BOUQUET?! OH DEAR GOD, WE FORGOT TO ORDER IT! I'M DOOMED!" exclaimed Cadance.
"Cadance, dear, calm down. It's right here," said Cati picking it up out of the box.
"Oh thank god."
Cadance took the large bouquet from Cati and took her place next to her uncle at the back of the line and Cati slipped in next to Bill. He was dressed in a muggle tuxedo, coat with tails, a baby blue, iridescent vest and tie. The music began and the long procession of people started.
The hall was beautifully decorated with yellow and blue banners hanging from the ceiling and lovely yellow and blue flowers along the walls. The sunshine was gleaming through the beautiful windows, bathing everything in a lustrous white gold.
Cati and Bill reached the makeshift alter and split, and as they split the music changed to accompany the coming of Cadance. As she walked down the aisle looking as beautiful as ever, Cati chanced a look at Charlie. He was crying. She looked past him to Bill, and he was grinning.
Dumbledore gave Cadance's hand to Charlie and sat down and the both of them faced Mr. Weasley, who was marrying them. Apparently Ministers of Magic can do that sort of thing.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to day to witness the magical joining of Cadance Rose Dumbledore and Charles Arthur Weasley. Charles, do you take Cadance to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do."
"And Cadance, do you take Charles to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do."
"If anyone has any just cause as to why these two should not be married, please speak now, or forever hold your peace."
Silence filled the room and Mr. Weasley continued.
"Charles repeat after me. I Charles Arthur Weasley."
"I Charles Arthur Weasley."
"Take you, Cadance Rose Dumbledore, to be my wife."
"Take you, Cadance Rose Dumbledore, to be my wife."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"And Cadance, if you would repeat after me. I Cadance Rose Dumbledore, take you Charles Arthur Weasley, to be my husband."
"I Cadance Rose Dumbledore, take you, Charles Arthur Weasley, to be my husband."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"We will now exchange the rings, if I could have the rings please William," said Mr. Weasley.
Bill reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out two rings and took them to his father and took is position again.
"Now, I want both of you at the same time to place the rings on the fingers and stay these words. With this ring, I thee wed. A token of my love and fidelity, forever."
"With this ring, I thee wed. A token of my love and fidelity, forever," said both Cadance and Charlie as they slid the rings on each other's fingers.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Great Hall, I am proud to present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weasley!" said Mr. Weasley grinning broadly. "You may kiss the bride."
Charlie smiled and leaned over and kissed Cadance. At the same time about a million flashbulbs went off. Charlie and Cadance recessed and the rest of the wedding party followed.
The photographer was waiting for them at the back of the hall. As soon as everyone had made it back he began arranging them and taking pictures. And about a thousand pictures later, everyone went back into the Great Hall for the reception. The wedding party occupied the usual staff table and the house tables had been arranged to create the dance floor in the center of the room.
The evening was going smoothly so far, no attacks of death eaters, demons, or warlocks. But when it came time for the cake, Cati saw her window of glorious opportunity. Once they had smashed cake into each other's faces and the rest of the cake appeared in front of them, Cati picked up a section of her piece and chucked it at Bill.
It landed square in his lap. He looked up at her with a surprised look and then took a section of his and hurled it at her, landing in the middle of her face.
"This means war Bill," said Cati and picked up her whole piece of cake and threw it at Bill and missed to her horror.
The cake found it's home right on top of Sirius' head.
"Ok, who threw it?"
Bill pointed at Cati, Cati pointed at Bill. Sirius threw food at Cati and hit Minerva. This started an all out food fight in the hall. Charlie and Cadance hardly noticed that the girls had flipped one of the tables over and were using it as a shield and ducked behind it and the boys had also done the same. Cati was wearing a camouflaged helmet and shouting orders.
When the song stopped, Cadance turned around and gasped. She took out her wand and waved it and the tables flew right with the food, neat and clean on the plates and everyone back in their chairs squeaky clean again.
"Cati, cut it out. Its time to throw the bouquet so get down here."
"No way, rumor is that the person to catch it is gonna be the one to get married next. Not me."
Cati crossed her arms and sat in her seat.
"Suit yourself."
Cadance turned with her back to the staff table and threw the bouquet over her head. Cati sat in her chair watching Cadance when those confounded flowers moved out of her sight. She looked up and instinctively caught the foreign object.
"Oh no!" groaned Cati as she stared at Cadance's bouquet in her arms.
"HAHAHAHAHA! I NEW THAT CATI AND BILL WERE NEXT!" shouted Cadance.
Cati shot a sharp look at Cadance.
"Do you wanna celebrate your wedding and mourn your funeral the same day?"
Cadance just went on laughing.
As the night came to a close Mr. Weasley approached the newly-weds.
"A present from your mother and I. An all expensed paid honeymoon to Disney World!"
"Gee, thanks dad. This is so cool! We leave tonight?"
"Yes."
Cati had heard 'all expense paid' and 'Disney World'.
"When do we leave?" she asked eagerly.
"You don't, we do." said Cadance smiling at her.
"Aw No! I have to go, I'll be like.....like....tour guide Barbie!" exclaimed Cati.
"No."
"Please?"
"Catalin, if you can click your heals together and say 'there's no place like Disney World' three time you can try to get there." said Mrs. Weasley.
Catalin bolted out of the Great Hall and comes back with her hair in braids, a blue and white checkered dress, cute little socks, ruby red slippers, and a basket with a dog in it.
"Cati, what in Merlin's name are you doing?" asked Bill.
"I'm Dorothy, from The Wizard of Oz. And I'm gonna click my heels three times and go to Disney World," said Cati.
She closed her eyes and clicked her heels together.
"There's no place like Disney World, there's no place like Disney World, there's no place like Disney World."
And in a pop she was gone.
"Where did she go?" asked Cadance.
"Not Disney World, I put a charm on it to keep her out," laughed Mr. Weasley.
"I guess when she comes back we'll know where she went," said Sirius.
"Bye guys! Thanks for coming! We'll see you before school starts!" said Cadance as Charlie put is arm around her and they ran down to Hogsmeade to Apparate away.
~**~~To be Continued~~**~
-Lady Potter and Lily Smith
A/N: I love my sister, Lady Potter! She's Polkarific! I love it! She wrote almost all of this chapter and inspired/gave me the idea for the rest.
And now, without further ado, My sister and I would like to present to you what we have fondly called for many many months now "The Wedding Scene".
Mr. Weasley was right. Three days later, Cadance and Charlie were in Cadance's classroom talking about "the big day" when Cati showed up escorted by two Aurors. She was wearing mouse ears on her head and she had a plastic wand with a star on the top of it in her hand. She was wearing a shirt that said "I Believe in Pixies" on it with a little blonde person in a green dress-thing and wings, which was apparently the Muggle idea of a pixie.
"Let me go! I want to go back!" exclaimed Cati smacking one on the head with the wand. It began lighting up. "Muggle magic! I love it!" Cati did not understand the power of a battery.
"Commander Nuperson!" exclaimed the one who got hit. "Really, we're only following orders!"
"I didn't want to leave!" exclaimed Cati.
"You two are dismissed," said Cadance to the two Aurors. "I'll take it from here." They saluted her and Cati and then turned to leave when one turned back.
"Congratulations on your engagement, Commander Dumbledore," he said.
"Thank you," said Cadance. "And you can drop this 'Commander'business. I'm not a full time Auror any more and a good number of my students don't even call me 'Professor'."
"Yes, ma'am," he said saluting again and following his companion out the door.
"Cadance! I brought souvenirs!" exclaimed Cati. "Listen, if we wait a little bit I bet you we can sneak out and go back to this paradise that I just came from."
"But I thought you had to protect the castle," said Charlie.
"Let the castle protect itself!" exclaimed Cati. "I wanna go back to Disney World!"
"Disney World?" asked Cadance.
"Yes! It is the greatest place on earth!" exclaimed Cati. "It's this theme park for all those old movies. You know, the cartoons? The Disney movies! Well they have their own theme park! And it's amazing! There's Magic Kingdom and it has a big castle and Disney Characters running around! Now I must admit that first I was a little overwhelmed by it all and I tried to pull the head off of Cruella DeVil before I realized that she wasn't wearing a mask! And then there was MGM studios and they had an elevator and it FELL! It was excellent! And then there was Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach and Epcot and a whole bunch of other parks! But the best by far was Magic Kingdom!"
"Uhhhh, okay," said Cadance.
"Here," said Cati reaching into her bag. She pulled out Mickey Mouse Ears for Cadance and Charlie and put them on their heads. "Ohhh! And I got pictures! I had them developed before Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum had to rain on my parade. Literally. I was at the Main Street Electrical Parade when they came. Anywho, they're regular muggle photos but they're excellent none-the-less." She pulled them out of her purse. "Look! There's me with Alice from Alice in Wonderland! And there's me with Mickey and Minnie. See my ears? Oh look! And there's me with Donald Duck! There's me on the teacups with Goofy! Oh, and here's me and Cinderella and the Fairy God Mother! Ha, I love that 'Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo' song."
Cadance glanced over a Charlie for a minute while Cati went on and on about someone named Snow White and another person named Winnie the Pooh.
"I'm beginning to wonder if it was better when she was perched atop her gargoyle and pretending to be a secret service agent," said Cadance as Cati then began pulling out souvenirs from her bottomless bag.
"They didn't have bags big enough for me to bring it all back so I had to cast a spell on the bag to make it bottomless."
At this moment she was pulling out an overly large stuffed bear in a red sweater that said "POOH" across the front.
"The man at the counter when I bought it was a little freaked out when I put this in the bag and it fit perfectly. I think he thought I might have been insane. OHHHHH AND LOOKY WHAT ELSE I BOUGHT FOR ME!!!"
She leaned in to her bottomless bag and pulled out a shiny object, hilt first, then came the scabbard.
"I bought Prince Charming's sword! They had it for sale at the Magic Kingdom. Cinderella's castle isn't as big as ours though, I tried to protect it but the park security people didn't like it very much. And in Epcot, their mindset of London looks nothing like our London. Americans, what dreamers!!"
Catalin laughed and bounced out of the room to distribute her gifts. "Mental note to self," said Cadance out loud. "Shoot Minister of Magic if he ever sends Catalin to Disney World again."
"Mental note to Cadance," said Charlie. "You're threatening to kill your father-in-law."
Cadance laughed and looked at Charlie who was grinning.
With in a couple of weeks Cati was her normal self again, well, almost. She still tried to be Indiana Jones, but only she tried to be Indiana Jones from the MGM performance of Indiana Jones. Exams were trying on everyone. Everyone, that is except for Cati.
"Cate, if I hear one more thing about Disney World, Indiana Jones, or Cinderella...I will strangle you," said Bill one blazing hot afternoon.
"You choose to sit out here," said Cati donning a flashy pair of sunglasses. "So quit your griping."
Exams finished and students went home. Cati had stopped talking about Disney and was working on a paper for a rank promotion with Cadance.
Charlie came and rescued Cadance one summer evening in very late June.
"Care to take a walk with me?"
"Love to," said Cadance standing up and stretching her legs.
The pair walked outside onto the grounds and soaked up the cooler night air. The sky was clear and the moon was full and bright.
"Beautiful night," said Cadance.
"Just like you."
Cadance smiled at him and settled down in a soft patch of grass under a Weeping Willow, whose branches skimmed the top of seamless black lake. Charlie settled in next to her and put his arm around her. "Less than two months," he said.
"I know, and I haven't a thing to wear yet," said Cadance.
"I'm sure you'll come through, and if not you..."
"Cati will," they said together.
"I'm sure you'll think of something," said Charlie, and kissed her softly.
~~****************~~
Cadance sat at her desk perusing through a bridal catalogue. A small knock came from the door and Cadance looked up to see Cati standing at the door.
"Do you wanna help?" asked Cadance looking back down at the magazine.
"Depends," said Cati shrugging.
Cadance looked up and raised her eyebrows. "Depends on what?"
"I get to pick the bride's maid's dresses," replied Cati casually, examining her nails.
"Fine, now sit your rear in the chair."
Cati grinned broadly at her and took a seat. Charlie waltzed in about an hour later. Cadance slammed the magazine shut and leaned over to Cati and whispered, "Get rid of him."
Catalin shot a look at Cadance and walked over to Charlie.
"Hey Cati, what's happenin'?" asked Charlie.
Catalin put her arm around Charlie and walked him out into the hall.
"Wedding stuff," said Catalin before walking back in the room and locking the door with a locking charm.
"You almost ready to go?" asked Catalin looking at Cadance.
"Yes, now c'mon before Charlie decides to follow," said Cadance.
"But he's right outside the door! How are we getting out with out him knowing?" asked Cati.
"Who said anything about a door? I mean seriously, they're so overrated," said Cadance nonchalantly as she flung open the window.
"No," said Cati flatly.
"Yes."
"When will you learn that jumping out windows isn't logical?" asked Catalin.
"Cate, you know, I think you're the reincarnate of Albert Einstein. But we are talking about me so the answer to your irrelevant question would have to be... never," said Cadance and jumped out the window.
Catalin shook her head and looked at the ceiling before jumping after Cadance.
After using a drying charm the pair walked to the wedding shop in Hogsmeade. The sales witch was all too eager to help.
They tried on dress after dress after dress. They were on the 20th gown when Cadance finally said, "Stop."
The gown was informal with no train, an empire waistline with Victorian sheer sleeves. Even though the wedding was to be in August the sleeves were a very fine netting and would provide a breeze. A series of embroidery worked its way up the gown and shimmered in the light. The veil was cathedral length and also seemed to sparkle.
"I'll take this one. Cate, I trust you've chosen the bride's maid gowns."
"Yes, Empire waist, square neck, Upper velvet, skirt silk, tank-strap. Baby blue and pale yellow."
"Splendid. Do I have to take it off?" asked Cadance staring at herself in the mirror.
"Yes," said Cati flatly.
When they arrived back at the castle Cati went back to her post and Cadance took the gowns upstairs. Fortunately Charlie was no where in sight so she ducked into her room and hid the gowns.
Cadence went to find Jen to see what she was up to. Jen was sitting in the common room talking to George.
"Hate to break up the chat but I need to steal Jen for a minute," said Cadance.
Jen got up and looked at Cadance.
"C'mon, I got the dress. And I need to make sure yours fits."
Jen looked over her shoulder at George and waved before leaving with Cadance.
After about four hours of not seeing Charlie, Cadance began to wonder where exactly he had gone. However, it was time for dinner so she decided to find him after dinner if he wasn't at dinner. She took her seat at the staff table and waited for food. It appeared as usual and halfway through dinner Charlie appeared.
"Where have you been?" asked Cadance when he sat down.
"I had a nice long chat with Harry and then I took a nap."
Cadance just looked at him before going back to eating.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~Wedding Rehearsal August 20th~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Cadance stood in the Great Hall pairing up bride's maids and Groomsmen.
"Alright," said Cadance clapping her hands. "When I call your name come up here and stand with the other person whose name I call."
"Catalin Nuperson, Bill Weasley. Arabella Figg, Remus Lupin. Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black."
"Cadance Dumbledore," said Minerva in a warning voice. "I should give you permanent detention for this."
"Aw, c'mon Professor, you don't like me anymore?" whined Sirius.
It looked as if Minerva thought about hitting Sirius then thought better of it and just turned back to Cadance.
"Jen Dumbledore, George Weasley. Katie Bell, Fred Weasley. Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley. Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger."
Cadance lined them up in the order that she called them.
"Now, what I want you to do is walk straight out of the hall in your order. So that way when you get to the outside of the doors you're with your escort and in the proper order. Do it right the first time and we don't have to do it again. Now Cati, you're first going back and last coming out, does that make sense?"
"About as much sense as you can make Cadance," said Cati, as she and Bill walked out of the Great Hall followed by the rest of the party.
Cadance came dashing back and got behind Cati and Bill.
"Ok, we're going to this once, and only once GOT IT! OK! LETS GO!"
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rehearsal Dinner August 20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Cadance and Charlie sat at the center of one of the house tables laughing and joking with the rest of the crew. Jen got up at one point and excused herself to the bathroom. But minutes later, Jen reappeared in the Great Hall dripping wet.
"Jen, did you fall in?" asked Cati jokingly.
"No," growled Jen. "Cadance, there's a water demon in the bathroom and he made it very clear to me that you missed an appointment."
"Oh poo, I forgot about Rex. Alright, this should take not but a second," said Cadance. She got up and walked into the bathroom. Everyone blinked once and Cadance came flying back out through the bathroom door.
"OHHHHH PLAYING DIRTY ARE WE?! NOW I'M ANGRY!" yelled Cadance.
"CADANCE! IT'S A WATER DEMON! IT CAN'T PLAY DIRTY! IT WOULD CLEAN ITSELF!" yelled Cati and sniggered.
Cadance reappeared about five minutes later dusting her hands off.
"Didn't even work up a sweat."
"Well, you couldn't have, the demon was refreshingly cool." said Cati laughing again.
"Watch it Cati," said Cadance sitting back down.
Once the pre-wedding fun was over everyone retired to bed.
~~~* Wedding Day, August 21, 9:00am- T-minus 4hrs to wedding~~~*
"Jen, where is your sister? She's due in for her hair appointment," said Cati standing behind Jen curling her hair.
"I have no idea. As soon as you finish I will go and look for her. By the time I find her you should be done with your hair, considering that your hair is extremely short."
"Alright, but you'd better find her because if you don't and I do I will make sure she is bald for her wedding."
"Oh aren't we evil?" laughed Jen.
"There you are Jen, beautiful sleek curls if I do say so myself. Now, I'm going to fix my hair and put the combs in. I'll put yours in when you get back. Find Cadance. Even if you have to drag her in here only half ready."
"Aye Aye!"
Jen clicked out of the room in her yellow dress. Cati picked up the three inched-barrel curling iron and began on her hair.
"If I was a Cadance where would I be?" asked Jen as she walked down the bright corridors. "Her room," said Jen as she heard loud screams of frustration coming from the floor above her.
When Jen walked in Cadance's room you would have sworn that a hurricane had come through. And behold there was Cadance standing in her slip pulling out clothes from the drawers.
"Cadance Rose Dumbledore soon to be Weasley, what in Merlin's name are you doing?!" yelled Jen. "Cati is gonna skin you alive if you don't get downstairs now."
"I need to find something Old, something new, something borrowed, something blue!! I have something old, my shoes, they were mama's. I have something new, my dress. I have something borrowed, these are Arabella's gloves. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BLUE!!"
"Find blue later, if you want hair for your wedding, I would suggest that you go downstairs," said Jen.
Cadance kicked the dresser for good measure before going downstairs to Cati's room.
Cati was putting the combs into her hair when they walked in.
"Looks beautiful Cati," said Jen.
"Thanks."
Cati's hair was rolled under at the bottom on the left side and slicked back on the right and held back by a beautiful comb with blue and yellow flowers and baby's breath on the side.
"Miss Cadance, get your bum in this chair right this instant. What took you so long? You were supposed to be down here a half hour ago!" yelled Cati.
"I was looking for something blue!! I still can't find anything that's blue!"
"CADANCE! YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE WEDDING IS BLUE!" yelled Cati.
"By Jove, it is isn't it?" asked Cadance amazedly.
Cati put her head down on top of Cadance's head.
"God help Charlie's soul," said Cati as she pulled out the curling iron, brush, hair spray, and blow dryer.
"You know, this is much easier to do with magic?" said Cadance as Cati began combing out her long strawberry blonde hair.
"Yeah, but the charm only lasts so long. The muggle way lasts longer and doesn't look so fake. And besides, it's fun and it keeps your mind off of what's going to be happening in three and a half hours."
Cati got to work on Cadance's hair. She first brushed the hair out until it was sleek and smooth. She then gathered the hair just above the ears and swept it back and pinned it with a bobby pin. Then she singled out a few larger sections of hair below the crown of the head and curled them into corkscrew curls. Cati curled the bottom of the hair outward and sprayed it with a ton of hairspray. Catalin picked up the veil piece off of the dresser in front of her. It was a lot easier to put the piece in when the veil was not attached. The piece was simple yet elegant. It was pinned to the sides of her head and did not show in front. The circular sun-shaped ornament rested directly on the back crown of her head. From there a double strand set of pearl chains connected to the side of her head where it was pinned. The veil attached to two tiny eyehooks on the circular shaped ornament.
"There, now you may go," said Catalin looking over at the clock. "You have a little over an hour to finish you make-up and get your dress on. I need to finish Ginny's hair, if you'll send her in Jen, and make sure I get my dress on and that the flowers have been distributed."
"Maids of honor have important jobs, my dear Cati. You command so well, that's why I made you the maid of honor," said Cadance leaving the room.
"Hey Ginny, have a seat in my chair and we'll get started on your hair." said Cati.
It was ten minutes until the wedding started and Cati was running around trying to pass out bouquets.
"Here, Cati, let me pass them out, you put your gloves on." said Jen taking a few bouquets from Cati and began passing them out.
Cati slipped on her elbow length baby blue gloves and then took her yellow bouquet from Jen. The bouquets were the alternate color of the dress.
"WHERE IS MY BOUQUET?! OH DEAR GOD, WE FORGOT TO ORDER IT! I'M DOOMED!" exclaimed Cadance.
"Cadance, dear, calm down. It's right here," said Cati picking it up out of the box.
"Oh thank god."
Cadance took the large bouquet from Cati and took her place next to her uncle at the back of the line and Cati slipped in next to Bill. He was dressed in a muggle tuxedo, coat with tails, a baby blue, iridescent vest and tie. The music began and the long procession of people started.
The hall was beautifully decorated with yellow and blue banners hanging from the ceiling and lovely yellow and blue flowers along the walls. The sunshine was gleaming through the beautiful windows, bathing everything in a lustrous white gold.
Cati and Bill reached the makeshift alter and split, and as they split the music changed to accompany the coming of Cadance. As she walked down the aisle looking as beautiful as ever, Cati chanced a look at Charlie. He was crying. She looked past him to Bill, and he was grinning.
Dumbledore gave Cadance's hand to Charlie and sat down and the both of them faced Mr. Weasley, who was marrying them. Apparently Ministers of Magic can do that sort of thing.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to day to witness the magical joining of Cadance Rose Dumbledore and Charles Arthur Weasley. Charles, do you take Cadance to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do."
"And Cadance, do you take Charles to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do."
"If anyone has any just cause as to why these two should not be married, please speak now, or forever hold your peace."
Silence filled the room and Mr. Weasley continued.
"Charles repeat after me. I Charles Arthur Weasley."
"I Charles Arthur Weasley."
"Take you, Cadance Rose Dumbledore, to be my wife."
"Take you, Cadance Rose Dumbledore, to be my wife."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"And Cadance, if you would repeat after me. I Cadance Rose Dumbledore, take you Charles Arthur Weasley, to be my husband."
"I Cadance Rose Dumbledore, take you, Charles Arthur Weasley, to be my husband."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, until death do us part."
"We will now exchange the rings, if I could have the rings please William," said Mr. Weasley.
Bill reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out two rings and took them to his father and took is position again.
"Now, I want both of you at the same time to place the rings on the fingers and stay these words. With this ring, I thee wed. A token of my love and fidelity, forever."
"With this ring, I thee wed. A token of my love and fidelity, forever," said both Cadance and Charlie as they slid the rings on each other's fingers.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the Great Hall, I am proud to present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weasley!" said Mr. Weasley grinning broadly. "You may kiss the bride."
Charlie smiled and leaned over and kissed Cadance. At the same time about a million flashbulbs went off. Charlie and Cadance recessed and the rest of the wedding party followed.
The photographer was waiting for them at the back of the hall. As soon as everyone had made it back he began arranging them and taking pictures. And about a thousand pictures later, everyone went back into the Great Hall for the reception. The wedding party occupied the usual staff table and the house tables had been arranged to create the dance floor in the center of the room.
The evening was going smoothly so far, no attacks of death eaters, demons, or warlocks. But when it came time for the cake, Cati saw her window of glorious opportunity. Once they had smashed cake into each other's faces and the rest of the cake appeared in front of them, Cati picked up a section of her piece and chucked it at Bill.
It landed square in his lap. He looked up at her with a surprised look and then took a section of his and hurled it at her, landing in the middle of her face.
"This means war Bill," said Cati and picked up her whole piece of cake and threw it at Bill and missed to her horror.
The cake found it's home right on top of Sirius' head.
"Ok, who threw it?"
Bill pointed at Cati, Cati pointed at Bill. Sirius threw food at Cati and hit Minerva. This started an all out food fight in the hall. Charlie and Cadance hardly noticed that the girls had flipped one of the tables over and were using it as a shield and ducked behind it and the boys had also done the same. Cati was wearing a camouflaged helmet and shouting orders.
When the song stopped, Cadance turned around and gasped. She took out her wand and waved it and the tables flew right with the food, neat and clean on the plates and everyone back in their chairs squeaky clean again.
"Cati, cut it out. Its time to throw the bouquet so get down here."
"No way, rumor is that the person to catch it is gonna be the one to get married next. Not me."
Cati crossed her arms and sat in her seat.
"Suit yourself."
Cadance turned with her back to the staff table and threw the bouquet over her head. Cati sat in her chair watching Cadance when those confounded flowers moved out of her sight. She looked up and instinctively caught the foreign object.
"Oh no!" groaned Cati as she stared at Cadance's bouquet in her arms.
"HAHAHAHAHA! I NEW THAT CATI AND BILL WERE NEXT!" shouted Cadance.
Cati shot a sharp look at Cadance.
"Do you wanna celebrate your wedding and mourn your funeral the same day?"
Cadance just went on laughing.
As the night came to a close Mr. Weasley approached the newly-weds.
"A present from your mother and I. An all expensed paid honeymoon to Disney World!"
"Gee, thanks dad. This is so cool! We leave tonight?"
"Yes."
Cati had heard 'all expense paid' and 'Disney World'.
"When do we leave?" she asked eagerly.
"You don't, we do." said Cadance smiling at her.
"Aw No! I have to go, I'll be like.....like....tour guide Barbie!" exclaimed Cati.
"No."
"Please?"
"Catalin, if you can click your heals together and say 'there's no place like Disney World' three time you can try to get there." said Mrs. Weasley.
Catalin bolted out of the Great Hall and comes back with her hair in braids, a blue and white checkered dress, cute little socks, ruby red slippers, and a basket with a dog in it.
"Cati, what in Merlin's name are you doing?" asked Bill.
"I'm Dorothy, from The Wizard of Oz. And I'm gonna click my heels three times and go to Disney World," said Cati.
She closed her eyes and clicked her heels together.
"There's no place like Disney World, there's no place like Disney World, there's no place like Disney World."
And in a pop she was gone.
"Where did she go?" asked Cadance.
"Not Disney World, I put a charm on it to keep her out," laughed Mr. Weasley.
"I guess when she comes back we'll know where she went," said Sirius.
"Bye guys! Thanks for coming! We'll see you before school starts!" said Cadance as Charlie put is arm around her and they ran down to Hogsmeade to Apparate away.
~**~~To be Continued~~**~
-Lady Potter and Lily Smith
